Happy to have positions as servants, Jon Barker as Prince MikaÔl Alexandrovitch Ouratieff pledges his love to his wife, Grand Duchess Tatiana PÍtrovna played by Carly Street.

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Do you remember Grand Duchess Tatiana Petrovna and her consort, Prince Mikail Alexandrovitch Ouratieff? Perhaps you might recall them better as "Tina and Michael," the nicknames they assume when they take jobs as butler and housemaid in a wealthy financier's household. Still doesn't ring a bell?

Well, you're not alone. Despite the fact that "Tovarich," the tale of the post-Revolution fortunes of two White Russian aristocrats has enjoyed some half dozen incarnations as a play, a film and a stage musical, it's become what director Bonnie J. Monte calls a lost "theatrical gem," a forgotten ...